I am 53 years old. I spent the night detoxing from a rape that happened when I was 16. It's no joke -- that trauma embeds in the body if we don't deal with it when it happens. In my day they told us we were crazy and drugged the crap out of us. We tended to comply in our shame and horror. Let's all speak up and put an end to it now. ... Tags: Health, Rape, Infertility, Psychiatric Abuse

* Divorce lawyer lays out how this Jeff Bezos divorce will go down. [VICE]
* Michael Cohen is going to testify to Congress, so that's a new circus to look forward to. [CNBC]
* Florida's newly passed law allowing felons to vote after they've served their sentence may have an exploitable flaw. A former Florida Supreme Court justice notes that the law requires the potential voter to satisfy their complete sentence, which might include fines or restitution payments that no one ever expects the con... Tags: Florida, Crime, Law, Congress, Divorce, Iowa, Rape, Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Fox News, Npr, Jeff Bezos, First Amendment, Cnbc, Voting Rights, Reuters

Mathew Knowles played absolutely ZERO games when it came to protecting his daughter and her bandmates from alleged sexual predator R. Kelly.In an interview with the UK newspaper Metro, Knowles revealed the steps he and his wife at the time, Tina Knowles, took to ensure that Destiny’s Child was safe around R. Kelly in the mid-1990s when the allegations of his sexual misconduct first surfaced.Knowles—who managed Destiny’s Child—said Kelly submitted a song for the group’s debut album, but he turned... Tags: Music, UK, Celebs, Beyonce, Hip Hop, Rape, Sony, Pop Culture, Jazz, Aaliyah, Solange, Sexual Predators, Metro, R. Kelly, Trending, Kelly

Oh, my. I guess she meant it figuratively, but this is awful speech. Maybe she thinks it's okay because it's just not funny. Meanwhile, Louis CK was funny while saying awful things, as noted in this post yesterday. Some other Louis CK-related tweeting I'm seeing this morning: I hold no brief for Louis CK, but if you don't like what he's done, you should probably cease using the word "transgressive" favorably to refer to things you like. If anything is "transgressive," it's that Louis CK routine.... Tags: Comedy, Law, Rape, John Podhoretz, Louis CK, Podhoretz, Judd, Ellen Barkin, Ann Althouse, Louis C.K, Era of That's Not Funny

"You both will have to live with this decision to let a rapist run free in society without any warning to future victims.... It must be horrible to be you... To know what you did to me. To know you are a rapist. To know that you almost killed me. To know that you ruined my life, stole my virginity and stole many other things from me."Said the victim, quoted in "Accused of rape, former Baylor fraternity president gets no jail time after plea deal" (WaPo). She was addressing the prosecutors, who d... Tags: Law, Rape, Baylor, WaPo, Waco, Star Telegram, Ann Althouse

Sword Art Online: Alicization has predictably caused a quake of emotional turmoil across social media and forums with its rape scene, throwing many individuals into a rage over the serious crime being depicted in a fictional work. Anger wasn’t directed solely at the rape scene, however (which resulted in no rape happening and one of […] Tags: Usa, Internet, Censorship, Rape, Anime, Sword Art Online

Goblin Slayer has already established itself as the new go-to series for gratuitous depictions of rape and all kinds of graphic violence. As the light novel, manga and anime franchise features plenty of attractive female characters, fan artists quickly paired them up with groups of goblins and have spared no one. Some examples of Goblin Slayer […] Tags: Illustration, Rape, Artists, Anime, Fetish, H, Image Gallery, Goblin Slayer

Following allegations of sexual misconduct and amid an investigation by National Geographic and Fox Broadcasting Company, Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson has broken his silence. While he apologized for making one woman feel uncomfortable, he denied a lingering allegation that he drugged and raped a woman while they…Read more... Tags: Science, Rape, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Cosmos, Sexual Misconduct, Me Too

"... even though he later admitted that he knew Abigail wasn’t consenting to sex with him. That’s because in Indiana, sex only becomes rape when it’s compelled through force or threats, if the victim is mentally disabled and can’t properly consent, or if he or she is unaware that the sex is occurring. Abigail knew she was having sex. She just didn’t know it was with Grant.... When you have sex with someone, are you agreeing to sleep with just the physical entity before you? Or is it something bi... Tags: Law, Indiana, Lying, Grammar, Rape, Grant, Abigail, Ann Althouse

The joke — accompanied by a photo of the famous scene in Bertolucci's "Last Tango in Paris" — was "Even grief is better with butter."We're told, in the Hollywood Reporter, that there was "a backlash, which included actress Martha Plimpton." I can't see who other than Martha Plimpton wanted Edelstein fired for making a joke about the butter in that movie. That was such a common topic for humor when that movie came out. I still remember how one of my friends delivered her opinion of the movie: "It... Tags: Facebook, New York, Hollywood, Movies, Law, Paris, Rape, Marlon Brando, Diana, Wonder Woman, Npr, Maria, Butter, Schneider, Edelstein, Maria Schneider

As many might have already predicted, Goblin Slayer has easily become a source for complaints as demonstrated by the BPO’s (Broadcast Ethics and Program Improvement Organization) monthly user report due to its depressing rape scene, a topic that has enraged people in both hemispheres. For those not aware, toothless Japanese TV watchdog BPO publishes monthly […] Tags: Drama, Censorship, Fantasy, Rape, Anime, BPO, Goblin Slayer